Patricia Smith (bowls)
Patricia Josephine Smith was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]
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| Born | 1920 Murwillumbah | |||||||||||||
| Died | 2017 aged 97 | |||||||||||||
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| Club | Murwillumbah BC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
Pat was part of the fours team that won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[2] She had previously competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
She also won a gold medal at the 1985 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales[3] and bowled for New South Wales from 1972-1987.
Awards
She was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and the Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 for services to bowls.[4]
References
- "Pat Smith profile". Bowls tawa.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
- "Pat embodied Games spirit". Tweed Daily News.
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